Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to annually extend an agreement with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation (ODOT) for electrical energy and maintenance services for the lighting of interstate highways and highway signs. The agreement was originally entered into in 2002 and has been extended yearly since then. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to continue this agreement through annual modifications.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the agreement is executed at the earliest date possible to insure uninterrupted receipt of revenue for the service provided.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to annually enter into planned modifications of an existing revenue contract with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, for the Division of Power and Water to provide electrical energy and maintenance services for lighting of interstate highways and highway signs and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, requires electrical energy and maintenance services for lighting of interstate highways and highway signs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, and the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, wish to annually extend the agreement to provide said electrical energy and maintenance services for said lighting; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to annually enter into a modification of an existing revenue agreement with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to annually enter into a planned modification of an existing agreement with the State of Ohio, Department of Transportation, to provide electrical energy and maintenance services for the lighting of interstate highways and highway signs.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.